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Exhaust emission control filter and method of controlling exhaust emission

a technology of exhaust emission control and filter, which is applied in the direction of electrical control, machine/engine, separation process, etc., can solve the problems of exhaust of collected hydrocarbon compounds and collected carbon-containing particulates, and achieve the effects of preventing heat from being released, large dynamic pressure, and effectively raising the filter temperatur

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-20
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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The present invention is an emission filter for reducing carbon-containing particulate matter in exhaust gas from internal combustion engines. The filter includes a heat-resistant filter medium that collects hydrocarbon compounds and carbon-containing particulate matter in a dispersed manner, allowing them to come into contact with oxygen in the exhaust gas. The collected materials are then combusted with the exhaust gas at a lower temperature than the carbon-containing particulate matter. This technique effectively reduces the carbon-containing particulate matter in the exhaust gas. The invention also includes an emission control method that regulates and reduces the carbon-containing particulate matter in the exhaust gas. The unique phenomenon of the filter temperature rising higher than the exhaust gas temperature during operation of the engine is also discussed.

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This eventually leads to combustion of the collected hydrocarbon compounds and the collected carbon-containing particulates.

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[0177]FIG. 22(a) shows an attachment structure of a first modified example. In the first modified example, a projection 126 is formed on the inner circumferential face of the filter holder 40 at a position corresponding to the inlet to the gap 124. The projection 126 formed on the inner circumferential face of the filter holder 40 intercepts the flow of the exhaust gas and prevents the direct flow of the exhaust gas into the gap 124. The arrangement thus restricts the flow of the exhaust gas inside the gap 124. This decreases the quantity of heat transmission to the filter holder 40 and thereby keeps the particulate filter 100 at sufficiently high temperature.

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[0178]FIG. 22(b) shows an attachment structure of a second modified example. In the second modified example, a step is formed on the inner circumferential face of the filter holder 40 to interfere with the direct flow of the exhaust gas into the gap 124. This arrangement thus restricts the flow of the exhaust gas inside the gap 124.

[0179]In the second modified example, the step formed on the inner circumferential face of the filter holder 40 is close to the end of the particulate filter 100. A restriction 128 is accordingly provided between the end of the filter and the step. The restriction 128 functions to interfere with the inflow of the exhaust gas and restricts the flow of the exhaust gas inside the gap 124. This decreases the quantity of heat transmission to the filter holder 40 and thereby keeps the particulate filter 100 at sufficiently high temperature.

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(3) Third Modified Example

[0180]FIG. 22(c) shows an attachment structure of a third modified example. In the third modified example, a heat insulating member 130 is set on the outer circumference at the end of the particulate filter 100. The gap 124 is defined behind the heat insulating member 130 in attachment of the particulate filter 100. In the attachment structure of the third modified example, the heat insulating member 130 intercepts the flow of the exhaust gas into the gap 124 and thus keeps the particulate filter 100 at high temperature.

[0181]In the structure of the third modified example, the heat insulating member 130 guides the particulate filter 100 and keeps the particulate filter 100 apart from the filter holder 40 at a fixed interval. This advantageously facilitates attachment of the filter.

[0182]In the structure of the third modified example, the heat insulating member 130 is disposed only on the outer circumference at the end of the particulate filter 100. The heat...

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Abstract

Carbon-containing particulates like soot included in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine are collected by means of a heat-resistant filter medium. The filter medium dispersedly collects hydrocarbon compounds and the carbon-containing particulates included in the exhaust gas. Even when the exhaust gas has a lower temperature than the combustible temperature of the carbon-containing particulates, such dispersed collection ensures start of a preliminary oxidation reaction of the collected hydrocarbon compounds with oxygen included in the exhaust gas. The collected hydrocarbon compounds and the collected carbon-containing particulates are then subjected to combustion with the exhaust gas having a filter inflow temperature lower than the combustible temperature of the carbon-containing particulates by utilizing the reaction heat and active species produced by the reaction. This technique thus simply but securely regulates and reduces the carbon-containing particulates included in the exhaust gas.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a technique of regulating and reducing carbon-containing particulates included in exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine.BACKGROUND ART[0002]The exhaust gas from Diesel engines includes carbon-containing particulates like black smoke (soot), and there is a high demand of reducing the total emission of the carbon-containing particulates, in order to prevent further air pollution. There is a similar demand in direct injection gasoline engines where gasoline is directly injected into a combustion chamber, since the carbon-containing particulates may be discharged with the exhaust gas under some driving conditions.[0003]One proposed technique of remarkably reducing the carbon-containing particulates in the emission from an internal combustion engine disposes a heat-resistant filter in an exhaust conduit of the internal combustion engine and uses the filter to collect the carbon-containing particulates included in the exhaus...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B01D46/24B01D53/04B01D53/92F01N3/023F01N3/021F01N3/08F01N3/022F02D41/02F01N3/035F01N7/02F01N7/00F01N7/10F02D41/14F01N7/04F02D41/38F02B37/00F01N13/02F01N13/04F01N13/10
CPCB01D53/0438B01D53/927F01N3/021F01N3/0222F01N3/0226F01N3/023F01N3/035F01N3/08F01N3/0821F01N3/0835F02D41/025F02D41/027F02D41/1448F01N13/009F01N13/011F01N13/0097B01D2253/308B01D2257/702B01D2258/01F01N13/10F01N2240/20F01N2330/06F01N2330/12F01N2370/00F01N2510/065F01N2570/12F02B37/00F02D41/029F02D41/1441F02D41/3809F02D2011/102F02D2041/389F02D2250/38Y02T10/26Y10S55/30Y02T10/12
Inventor KATO, ZENICHIROYANAGIHARA, HIROMICHISUGIYAMA, TOSHIHISAHENDA, YOSHIMITSUSHIRATANI, KAZUHIKOKUROKI, RENTARO
Owner TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK